WEBVTT KILLED THREEPEOPLE.JOHN ATWATER JOINS US LIVE.WHAT DID HE HAVE TO SAY? JOHN:HE IS STILL SO TORN UP ABOUTWHAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK, HE SAYSHE HAS NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENEDWHEN THAT CAR WENT OUT OFCONTROL, VEERING INTO SEVERALPEOPLE.>> I AM SORRY THAT ANYBODY GOTHURT WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY WHATHAPPENED AND I WANT THE FAMILIESTO KNOW THAT I DID NOTINTENTIONALLY TRY AND HURTANYBODY AND TRIED VERY HARD TOMISS EVERYBODY.JOHN: ROGER IS 76ERS OLD.IN THAT CRASH HE HIMSELF WROTEBONES IN HIS HAND AND FOOT.HE IS STILL IN A LOT OF PAIN BUTSAYS HIS FIRST THOUGHT IS WITHTHE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS.HE WAS DRIVING THAT CHEAP RENTYEAR A KEY THAT FEARED OUT OFCONTROL IN BILLERICA.HE HAS BEEN DRIVING FOR MORETHAN 20 YEARS.HE TRIED THIS REALLY TO AVOIDTHE CROWDS IN THE BUILDING.>> I TRIED TO MAKE THE CAR MOVELEFT AND RIGHT AND I SAW PEOPLEIN FRONT OF ME WHEN I TRIED TOGO RIGHT AND I SAID THAT IS NOGOOD, I WENT TO THE LEFT AND ISAID I'M GOING TO HIT THE CARSBUT AT LEAST THEY MIGHT NOT GETHURT AREA JOHN: HE ISDEVASTATED, HE WAS NOT AIDED --ABLE TO AVOID ALL THOSE PEOPLEIN THIS AREA.POLICE ARE CONSIDERING THIS A

The man who drove a Jeep Grand Cherokee involved in a crash that left three people dead at a Massachusetts auto auction did not have an active driver’s license.

The man, who is 76, had his license suspended in 2012 after several incidents that occurred the year before, including impeding operation, no valid inspection sticker and a license plate violation.

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The man never got his license reinstated after those incidents, and it expired in June 2015. But he was driving during Wednesday's Lynnway Auto Auction.

In an exclusive interview with WCVB, the driver spoke to a reporter and apologized.

“I didn’t want it to happen," the driver said. "I’m not happy that it happened, and I’m sorry about it.”

"I want the families to know that I didn't intentionally try and hurt anybody," he said. "I tried very hard to miss everybody."

The man was behind the wheel of a 2006 Jeep in one of the Billerica auction house’s eight display lanes when the vehicle suddenly accelerated and struck a crowd of people.

It is still unclear what led to the acceleration, but investigators determined that it was not intentional.

His five-page driving record shows that he had seven accidents dating back to 1987 and his license was suspended at least four other times.

Two people were pronounced dead at the scene, and a third victim died at a hospital, according to District Attorney Marian Ryan's office.

Nine other people were hurt in the crash.

A representative from Lynnway Auto Auction released a statement Friday saying they were informed by police Wednesday that the driver had a suspended license.

"We were unaware of the change in status of the driver's license until the police told us after the accident. When we hired him in 2010, he had a valid Massachusetts driver's license. As he has had no issues while driving for Lynnway for the past seven years, we were surprised and upset to learn this development."